\(G\)-continued fractions for basic hypergeometric functions. II. (Q1406975)

In a previous paper by the authors [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 243, No. 2, 338--343 (2000; Zbl 0963.33008)] they studied the convergence of a so-called G-fraction, arising from an \(m\)th order recurrence relation with the aid of linear fractional transformations in \((m-1)\) variables reminiscent of the treatment of ordinary continued fractions (\(m=3\)) by Möbius transformations. The paper under review gives exactly the same convergence theorem (with a slightly altered proof though: the analogue of Pincherles theorem due to Zahar is replaced by an analogue due to Paul Levrie) and the result is applied to a slightly different recurrence relation: \[ f(zq^n)+(\beta_1-\alpha_1zq^n)f(zq^{n+1}) + \cdots + (\beta_m-\alpha_mzq^n)f(zq^{n+m})=0, \] (in the old paper the coefficient of \(f(zq^n)\) is \(1-\alpha_0zq^n\)), with convergence to a quotient of basic hypergeometric functions . Finally a class of generalizations of the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction is given.